Friday, May 10, 2013

Wrinkles or Fold

I spent the better part of the day doing laundry at the Laundromat. It was
very, very hot as they didn't have the AC on, despite temps in the eighties. We
bundled all the laundry in our baskets and brought it home to fold (where we
very sensibly have AIR CONDITIONING!)

As I sat folding a mountain of endless clothing, I wondered--WHY do we fold
clothes? Why not have a basket of clean undies and a basket of clean socks and
pick them out as we need? Why fold nighties? They just get wrinkled when we
twist and turn in our sleep. WHY do we waste hours of our precious time
FOLDING?

I can understand folding sheets and towels because they fit better on the
closet shelf. But underwear and socks? What's the point? And imagine all the
drawer space that would be freed up if you just keep them in a basket...

How many chores do we do needlessly because 'that's the way we've always
done it'? Wrinkles in my underwear are waaaay down on my list of priorities.
There are possibly two or three people in the world who will see my wrinkly
underwear (though honesty compels me to admit the wrinkles disappear when
stretched over my fluffy body).

As I look around my apartment, it occurs to me that much of the standard
housework is really 'make work' from long before my generation. I've never
understood the logic in making the bed. If it was up to me, our bed would never
be made except when the sheets are changed. However, the hunk feels
uncomfortable with the unmade bed so HE makes the bed everyday. *Shrug*.

Anyway, I think I may go with the basket idea. I could save at least an hour
every time I do laundry. Time is precious. Besides, at heart, I really hate
laundry.

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Anny Cook

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Reader, author, wife, parent and grandmother, Anny Cook fits it all in her busy life. Now officially retired, she started writing in 2005 when she found herself at loose ends after yet another move. To date she has twenty-three published titles ranging from a Quickie, Everything Lovers Can Know to a plus novel, Shadows on Stone. She has three series—Mystic Valley, Flowers of Camelot, and Tuatha Treasures.